Monolith Cocktail Blog

Our regular round up of news singles, EPs and oddities.

Pre 2016 Tickling Our Fancy  Reviews

001:  Kitten Pyramid,  Mountain Bird,  Juliette Commagere,  The Moons,  Billie Van,  Michael Forrest, tUnE-yArDs.

002:  Raf And O,  Joker’s Daughter And The Bullfrogs,  Mikey Georgeson & The Civilised Scene,  The Soft Close Ups,  Sean Bw Parker,  Tapeheads,  John MOuse,  Tara,  Velour Modular,  The Sound Of Siam Vol. 2.

003:  My Autumn Empire, Marius Neset & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, The Wands, The Vickers, Matt Finucane, You Are Wolf, flies + flies.

004:  Benjamin Shaw, Hallock Hill, Kitten Pyramid, Merrymouth, Hanne Kolsto, Peironi & Parisien, Liars, Towns, Wild Smiles, The Comet Is Coming!, Lady north, Jon Hassell.

005:  James, S J Esau, Owls, DENA, Poeticat, The Imaginary Suitcase, Benjamin Shaw, Dominic Wolf, Nuoli, Hauschka, Babara Morgenstern.

OO5b:  Jef Gilson, Towns, Poeticat, Patrick Duff, Papernut Cambridge, Picturebox, Ah! Kosmos, Ditto Vienna, Tim Paris.

OO6: The Vickers, Black Strobe, The Pictish Trail, Mikey Georgeson & The Civilised Scene, Go Wolf, Lukas Creswell-Rost.

007: Saint Agnes, The Bordellos, I Heart The Monster Hero, Christian Gregory, Francis McDonald & Harry Pye, White Reaper, Franklin, Heiorik.

008: Batsch, Hooray For Earth, Tara, Wild Smiles, Souleance, Kalbata & Mixmonster, Film, Andy Votel, Henri-Pierre Noel, Terminal Gods, Nehruvian DOOM.

009:  Fractions, Opal Onyx, The Green Seed, Olde Worlde, Papernut Cambridge, Kormac, The Garden, Black Strobe, Fofoulah.

010:  Seamajesty, Bo Keeney, Little Scout, Jack Adapter, Kobadelta, Dee Sada, The Wands, B4, Zach And The Imaginaries, David Lawrie.

011:  Aphex Twin, Sky Records Kollektion 01, Lisa Alma, Phil The Tremolo King, Joan Of Arse, Cirping, Ceri James, Location Baked.

O12:  Faust, The Grip, Springtime Carnivore, Yoshida HiFi, Lake Michigan, Hoplesstown, Morning Smoke.

013:  Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Lukas Creswell-Rost, Junkboy, Nimzo Indian, Picturebox, Mikey Georgeson.

014:  Myles Manley, Viet Sign, Location Baked, This Heel, Schizo Fun Addict vs The Bordellos, Kim Halliday.

015:  Francine Thirteen, Keroscene, Marius Nest, Klaus Marten, Slows Down.

016:  Schneider Kacirek, Populare Mechanik, The Unthanks, Vincent Peirani, Vision Fortune, Craig Ward & Radbound Mens, Sean BW Parker & Ettuspadix.

017:  Spiritual Jazz Volume 6, Oz Brazoes, Ginger Johnson and his African Messengers, The Grubby Mitts, Psycho & Plastic, Hanoi Masters.

018:  U.S. Girls, Creature With The Atom Brain, C Duncan, Many Things, Sacri Cuori, Jacco Gardner, Reptile Youth, flies + flies and Thomas Truax.

019: Prince Vaseline, Die Wilde Jagd, OoopopoiooO, Dog, Paper, Submarine, Technicolour Hearts, A New Life.

020: Xaos, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Lake Michigan, Falling Stacks, The Grus, Grounders, Extradition Order, Acorn.

021: Heartless Bastards, Papernut Cambridge, Qluster, Amara Toure, Kobadelta, Casual Strangers, The Greg Foat Group.

022: JOI Sound System, Ginger Johnson And His African Messengers, Dead Bouquet, A Journey Of Giraffes, The Provincials, Psycho & Plastic, Frog, Strange U, U.S. Girls, Kitty Finer, Temple Invisible, Vukovar, Byron Lee & The Dragonires.

023: The Classical, Vukovar, Conrad Schnitzler, White Reaper, Ayu, Nimzo Indian, Snarkmuffin, Hailu Mergia.

024: Singers & Players, Jesus And Mary Chain, Evvol, Kristoff Krane, Delta Mainline, Bixiga 70, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Golden Teacher.

025: Bixigia 70, Public Enemy, The Telescopes, CAT AIDS & DJ URINE, Here Are The Young Men And Uncle Peanut.

026: Laraaji, Joanna Newsom, Kuku, Karim Nagi, A Journey Of Giraffes, FM Einheit, Alan Lee and Robert Chaney.

027: Missing Brazilians, Vieux Farka Toure & Julia Easterlin, John Benton, My Autumn Empire, Grand Blue Heron and Senegal ’70 compilation.

028: The Untied Knot, The Fiction Aisle, Steeple Remove, Craig Ward, Elefant and Bruse Wane.

Post 2015 Tickling Our Fancy Reviews:

029: Casual Strangers, G.D.D.L.F., LNZNDRF, Snowball II and Vukovar.

030: The Gaa Gaas, Niels Gordon, Junkboy, The Loved Drones, Edward Penfold, The Van Allen Belt and Xixa.

031: Bifannah, A. Dyjecinski, Map 71, Niagara, Paul Tasker and Rocky Votolato.

032: Danielsson/Lund/Neset, A. Dyjecinski, Hanne Kolstø, Nonstop Everything, Papernut Cambridge, Reptilians From Andromeda and Small Bear Records.

033: Fits., Mel Fung, Jenny Gillespie, Thierry Larose, MANDY and Mark McGowan.

034: Angels Die Hard, Martyn Heyne, Many Monika, Peace Chants Compilation, Tau and Tuath.

035: Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra, Lord Kesseli and the Drums, Raf and O and Renu  

036: Ed Scissor & Lamplighter, Die Krupps…

037: The Bongolian, Os Noctambulos…

038: A Hundred Million, Nick Blackos, CHUCK, The Fast Camels, Soft Hearted Scientists…

039: The Conformist, Flies+Flies, Mei Han, Moth Poets, Senji Niban, Sea+Air 

040: Happyness, Kobadelta, Kohn, Orkestra Mendoza, Sebastian Reynolds

041: The Cosmic Range, Teksti-TV 666…

042: A Hundred Million, Daniel Jones, PABST, Robert Rotifer, Scandinavia and Jinko Vilova

043: 40th Anniversary of ARC Music label, CaStLeS, Hole House, The Lancashire Hustlers, Sad Man…

044: Baba Zula, Piano Magic, Dearly Beloved…

045: A Journey Of Giraffes, Bargou 08, Delicate Steve, Dr. Chan, Emptyset, The Food Of Love, Le Petit Diable

046: Srdjan Beronja, Nick Blackos, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Irk Yste, IRL REmixes…

047: Ah! Kosmos, Armellodie Is Ten, La Mambanegra, Mokoomla, Omar Rahbany…

048: The Black Angels, Anna Coogan, Cotton Wolf, Happyiness, King Ayisoba, Lake, Alex Stolze…

049: Sergio Beercock, The Bordellos, Faust, ANi GLASS, Duncan Lloyd, Carlo Mazzoli, Mount Song…

050: Pop Makossa, Der Plan, Esmark…

051: The Bordellos, Diagnos, Eberhand Kranemann & Harald Grosskopf, Lucy Leave…

052: CHUCK, Reason Stendec, Room Of Wires, John Sinclair & Youth, One String Inspiration…

053: Chicago Afrobeat Project, Deben Bhattacharya, Odd Nosdam, Širom, Nosaj Thing…

054: Oliver Cherer, Joss Cope, Willie Gibson, Gwyneth Glyn, Martin Mansson Sjostrand…

055: AUDIAC, Matt Finucane, Andrew Heath, Ester Poly, In Time, Psycho & Plastic…

056: Rowan Coupland, Kuentai Tamba, Quimper, Room Of Wires, Cymbeline, Emile Aparicio Moog…

057: Alpine The Myriads, Hamad Kalkaba And The Golden Sounds, Bearsuit Records…

058: A Lily, The Cold Spells, Soho Rezanejad, Sweeney, Spanish Underground Cassette Tape Culture...

059: Brona McVittie, John Howard, John Duhan, Brickwork Lizards, Sunflowers, Lukas Creswell-Rost…

060: Rodrigo Tavares, Hampshire & Foat, Flights Of Helios, Park Jiha, Perhaps, Afrika Mamas…

061: Peter Kernel, Station 17, Jack Hayter, Bob Holroyd, Life Pass Filter, Die Wilde Jagd...

062: Lost Colours, Waterman Fragment, Nonpareils, The Turbans, Sonido Gallo Negro…

063: Tony Njoku, Yonatan Gat, Black Light White Light, The Magic City Trio, Mouvements…

064: Ammar 808, Alex Stolze, Elefant, Matt Finucane, Pyramid, Disco Gecko 20th Anniversary…

065: Rat The Magnificent, Papernut Cambridge, Crayola Lectern, Mehdi and Adib Rostami…

066: Qujaku, Franklin, Yazz Ahmed, Stella Sommer, Otis Sandsjo, Yiddish Glory…

067: Dur-Dur Band, Spike & Debbie, Angels Die Hard,Cassini Division, Vigüela and Kiddus…

068: Bokante And The Metropole Orchestra, Perhaps, Acid Mothers Temple, Kammerflimmer Kollektief…

069: Brace! Brace!, Minyeshu, Don Fiorino & Andy Haas, Sad Man…

070: Paul Jacobs, Jack Ellister, Kid Kin, Quimper, Spaciousness…

071: Cosey Fanni Tutti ‘TUTTI’, Station 17 ‘Ausblick’ & ‘Werkschau’, White Fence ‘I Have To Feed Larry’s Hawk’…

072: Katie Doherty & The Navigators, Abdesselam Damoussi & Nour Eddine…

073: Mekons ‘Deserted’, Blue House ‘Gobstopper’, Ben Osborn ‘Letters From The Borders’…

074: Mike Gale ‘Summer Deluxe’, Von Spar ‘Under Pressure’, Chris Brokaw ‘End Of The Night’….

075: 75 Dollar Bill ‘I Was Real’, Simon McCorry ‘Border Land’, Meursault ‘Crow Hill’…

076: The Untied Knot ‘Falling Off The Evolutionary Ladder’, Nicolas Gaunin ‘Noa Noa Noa’…

077: Baba Zula ‘Derin Derin’, Trupa Trupa ‘Of The Sun’, Taichmania ‘Seventh Heaven’, Junkboy ‘Trains, Trees, Topophilia’…

078: Bantou Mentale, The Cosmic Dead, Catgod, Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe…

079: Aziza Brahim ‘Sahari’, Compro Oro ‘Suburban Exotica’, Invisible System ‘Dance To The Full Moon’, Alex Stordiau ‘Poking Your Imagination’…

080: V/A ‘Mogadisco’, Shanghai Restoration Project ‘Flashbacks In A Crystal Ball’, Boa Morte ‘Before There Was Air’, The Fox ‘For Fox Sake’…

081: Deutsche Ashram ‘Whisper Om’, Li Yilei ‘Unabled Form’, Jon Hasselll & Farafina ‘Flash Of The Spirit’…

082: Jimi Tenor ‘Ny, Hel, Barca’, Ani Glass ‘Mirores’, Slift ‘Ummon’, Singapore Police Background ‘Antiworlds’….

083: Idjah Hadidjah & Jugala Jaipongan ‘Java Sounds Volume One’, JZ Replacement ‘Disrespectful’…

084: Santrofi ‘Alewa’, Die Wilde Jagd ‘Haut’, Orchestra Of Constant Distress ‘Live at Roadburn 2019’…

085: Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers ‘Vodou Ale’, Muriel Grossmann ‘Elevation’, Edifanko ‘The Pace Setters’…

086: Les Freres Smith ‘Mutation’, Soft Plastics ‘5 Dreams’, Bhajan Bhoy ‘Bless Bless’, Love-Songs ‘Nicht Nicht’…

087: Kahil El’Zabar & David Murray ‘Spirit Groove’, Etienne de la Sayette ‘Kobugi’, Myles Cochran ‘My Own Devices’…

088: Thiago Nassif ‘Mente’, Mansur ‘Temple’, JAF Trio ‘ST’, Otis Sandsjo ‘Y-OTIS 2’…

089: Zoe Polanski ‘Violent Flowers’, Stanley J. Zappa ‘Muster Point’, Forest Robots ‘After Geography’…

090: Young Knives ‘Barbarians’, Phew ‘Vertigo OK’, Krononaut ‘ST’, Harmonious Thelonious ‘Plong’…

091: Pons ‘Intellect’, Mike Gale ‘The Star Spread Indefinite’, Schlammpeitzijer ‘Ein Wdtjeck In Der Echokammer’…

092: BaBa ZuLa, La Locurade Machuca: 1975 – 1980 Compilation, Chantel Van T, Giacomelli, Droneroom…

093: Escupemetralla/Roselie, Seb Reynolds, HighSchool, Andarta…

094: Mogollar, The Stance Brothers, Verses Bang, Julia Meijer ft, Fyfe Dangerfield, Star Feminine Band…

095: Hooshayer Khayam/Bamdad afshar, The Psychotic Monks, Alex Stolze, Furtherset…

096: White Ring ‘Light Hours Linger’. Mazeppa ‘Roses’, Azmari ‘Samas’, Myles Cochran ‘Unsung’, Seb Reynolds ‘Nihilism Is Pointless’…

097: Altin Gun ‘Yol’, Lion’s Drum ‘Kagabas’, Meril Wubslin ‘Alors Quoi’, KYSE ‘Ayuno’, Chuck Johnson ‘The Cinder Grove’…

098: The Invisible Sessions ‘Echoes Of Africa’, Don Cherry ‘Cherry Jam’, Omar Khorshid ‘With Love’…

099: Jane Inc. ‘Number One’, Various ‘Edo Funk Explosion Vol. 1’, Cory Hanson ‘Pale Horse Rider’…

100: Amanda Whiting ‘After Dark’, Der Plan ‘Save Your Software’, IOKOI ‘Tales Of another Felt Sense Of Self’…

101 (Last Ever): Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell ‘Burn’, Comorian We Are An Island, But We’re Not Alone’, Koma Saxo ‘Live’…